FELIX STROBL
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The Neuro Musician · Neuroscientist · Opera Tenor · Former Paramedic

Felix Strobl

Make pressure visible. Make performance trainable.

Keynotes on leadership, change and brain health, with live opera and real-time brainwave demonstration.

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What your audience takes home

Every organisation talks about change, resilience and performance. Very few people have ever seen what pressure actually does inside the brain. Felix makes it visible, then turns it into tools your people can use the next morning.

01
Clarity
Why people and teams react to change and pressure the way they do, explained by neuroscience in plain language.
02
Experience
A live moment that shifts the energy of the room and is remembered long after the event.
03
Tools
Simple, evidence-based breathing and regulation techniques that work in minutes, before a meeting or a hard decision.
Science you don't just understand. You experience it.
Hero Keynote

The Resonant Leader

Using neuroscience and music to lead through change

Change fails in the nervous system long before it fails in the strategy. Under pressure, the brain switches into protection mode: people stop listening, stop trusting and stop deciding well. With his voice and live brain data, Felix shows how leaders can regulate themselves and their teams so that change becomes possible, and what remains the decisive human skill as AI takes over more of our thinking.

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Why teams resist
What the brain needs before people can move forward in times of change.
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Presence that shifts a room
How voice, breath and presence change the state of a whole audience or team.
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Three leadership tools
Regulation techniques to use before difficult conversations and decisions.
Signature Experience

Your Brain on Opera

What happens inside the brain when a human voice fills a room?

Felix doesn't simply explain neuroscience. He demonstrates it. Using a wearable EEG earbud, he shows on screen, in real time, how breathing and singing change brain activity. Every keynote follows the same five-step arc:

1 · Surprise: the opera opening
2 · Problem: pressure in the nervous system
3 · Proof: live brainwave demo
4 · Tools: practised together
5 · Transfer: takeaways for work

Live EEG demonstration available from early 2027.

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When organisations book Felix

Change fatigue
Resistance and exhaustion during transformation.
Constant pressure
Leaders and teams operating at the limit, every day.
Stress & burnout
Rising stress, burnout risk and absenteeism.
Low engagement
Poor decisions and fading energy in demanding phases.
The AI shift
Keeping people focused and human as AI changes how we work.
Three careers, one question: what happens in the nervous system when it matters most?
Keynotes

Three signature keynotes

01 · Hero Keynote
The Resonant Leader
Using neuroscience and music to lead through change.
✓ Why teams resist change, and what the brain needs to move forward
✓ How voice, breath and presence shift a whole room
✓ Three regulation tools for leaders
Best for: Leadership conferences, management offsites, transformation kick-offs
02
Strong Under Pressure
Brain health and mental strength for high performers. Felix knows pressure from the emergency service and from the opera stage.
✓ How stress changes the brain, and why recovery is a performance factor
✓ Early warning signs of overload in yourself and your team
✓ Breathing and recovery techniques that take minutes a day
Best for: Health and HR days, sales kick-offs, law, finance and consulting
03
The Last Human Skill
AI, the nervous system and the last human competence. An algorithm decides faster than anyone in the room. What it cannot do: keep its nerve when things get serious and the clock is running.
✓ Where human judgement still outperforms the machine
✓ Why that judgement breaks down under pressure
✓ How to train it
Best for: Law firms and consultancies, boards of directors, AI transformation programmes
Each keynote can be combined with the add-on Your Brain on Opera, a live experiment with breath, voice and brainwaves. Every keynote is tailored to your industry and audience. Delivered in English, German or French, across Europe, the US and the MENA region.
For Event Planners

Booking formats

Core
Keynote
45 to 60 minutes
One of the three signature keynotes, with live opera opening, tailoring and Q&A. For conferences, kick-offs and congresses.
Plus
Keynote + Workshop
Keynote plus half day
Adds the hands-on workshop "Breathe Under Pressure" for leadership teams that want lasting skills, not only inspiration.
Premium
Keynote + Concert
Evening format
The talk combined with a 20 to 30 minute opera performance. For galas, anniversaries and client events.
Designed for
Leadership summits and management offsites
Corporate conferences and kick-offs
Transformation and change programmes
Health, HR and wellbeing days
Healthcare, longevity and medical congresses
Galas and client events
What you receive
✓ Briefing call and content tailored to your audience
✓ Live opera opening in every keynote
✓ Practical tools your audience tries on the spot
✓ Technical rider and smooth coordination
✓ Optional: live EEG demonstration (from early 2027)
✓ Optional: impulse keynote, virtual keynote or panel
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In Action

On stage with Felix

Voice, science and hands-on practice: from AI festivals and healthcare congresses to corporate learning days.

Felix Strobl: On stage at the BIG BANG AI Festival, Berlin
On stage at the BIG BANG AI Festival, Berlin
Felix Strobl: Live piano opening
Live piano opening
Felix Strobl: BIG BANG AI Festival, Berlin
BIG BANG AI Festival, Berlin
Felix Strobl: Engaging the audience
Engaging the audience
Felix Strobl: Opera recital
Opera recital
Felix Strobl: Guided breathing exercise with fellow speakers
Guided breathing exercise with fellow speakers
Felix Strobl: Keynote in Zurich
Keynote in Zurich
Felix Strobl: Music and conversation on stage
Music and conversation on stage
Felix Strobl: Learning Day at Union Investment
Learning Day at Union Investment
Felix Strobl: Live music moment
Live music moment
Felix Strobl: Leading the room through a breathing exercise
Leading the room through a breathing exercise
Felix Strobl: Keynote in Zurich
Keynote in Zurich
Felix Strobl: Opening remarks
Opening remarks
Media & Press

In the media

Press Kit
Featured Coverage
Academic & Research

What event organizers say

"Knowledge transfer in an entertaining way: enormous stage presence, precise timing and clear language."
Organizers, BIG BANG AI Festival · Berlin
"A multi-sensory experience that went beyond the traditional keynote format."
Vanessa Reis, Head of Zurich Convention Bureau · Zurich Tourism
"An absolute highlight for all the therapists in attendance."
Anja Hussong, BBNS Biofeedback Neurofeedback Switzerland
Felix Strobl speaking on stage
About Felix

Felix Strobl

Neuroscientist. Opera Tenor. Former Paramedic. The Neuro Musician.

Three careers taught Felix Strobl one thing: what happens in the human nervous system when it matters most. The opera stage taught him how presence, voice and emotion move an audience. The emergency service taught him how people decide under real pressure, in seconds, with no second chance. Neuroscience gave him the why.

He studied neuroscience at King's College London (IoPPN) and serves as Innovation Advisor at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing and Ageing Research at King's (ARK). He is a Research Fellow of the European Society of Preventive Medicine, where he co-edited the fourth edition of the "Longevity" book.

He initiated MEA (Music, Emotion, Breathing), a Swiss project exploring how singing and breathing can support people recovering from Long COVID. Today he brings all three worlds together on stage, as a classically trained tenor who can show an audience, live, what their own brain is doing.

The Stage→ Emergency Response→ Neuroscience→ The Neuro Musician
MSc Neuroscience, King's College London (IoPPN) · Innovation Advisor, CHBA & Ageing Research at King's (ARK) · Research Fellow, European Society of Preventive Medicine · Initiator, MEA project · Trainer, University of Bern